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Valentine's Day can be a bit tricky. Not everyone's a fan of giant teddy bears that look really sad or jokes involving diamond ring keyrings. So this year we're giving you the chance to tell someone you really like them using one of our smoothies and a specially worded label. Just click here to unleash your inner Casanova and pen your declarations of love (or pinch one of the ones we've already written). Then, print it out and stick it onto a smoothie bottle, give it to the one that you like and wait patiently for them to succumb to your charms.
And if that wasn't enough, we've also got 3 luxury Valentine's Day breakfast in bed hampers from Forman & Field to give away. To be in with a chance of winning one, all you have to do is tell us about the worst romantic gift/gesture you've ever been on the receiving end of here. The 3 that we feel most sorry for will be rewarded with a delicious hamper and our deepest sympathies. |
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| Valentine's for everyone |
 If you still haven't booked you and your beloved in for heart shaped pizza at the Italian down the road, you might want to check out Valentine's for Everyone, a 3 course banquet organised by our friends at food charity FareShare, Forgotten Feast, and their eco-chef Tom Hunt. The feast will be held in Fareshare's East London warehouse and will all be made from delicious but unwanted food that might otherwise end up in landfill. Vegetarians and meat eaters will both be catered for and everyone will sit together for the feast, so even if you don't have a date you won't have to dine alone. Make your reservations here. |
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The difference between life assurance
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As promised last week, we're continuing to lift the lid on some of life's greatest mysteries. Although people often use the terms life assurance and life insurance interchangeably, they do in fact mean quite different things. The central difference is that life assurance has an investment value, but life insurance does not. Life insurance insures you for a specific period of time and only has a value if there's a claim, whereas life assurance combines a guaranteed insured sum with a non-guaranteed investment. We hope this helps clear things up.
Next week: train fares and the theory of relativity. |
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| A new bananabench |
 We're big fans of sitting down here at Fruit Towers. Hammocks, swinging chairs, chairs that look like cages — you name it, we've sat on it. So it is with great delight that we reveal a new addition to our seating portfolio: the bench that looks like a banana. Crafted by builder and wood carver extraordinaire Neil Melville Rae from West Sussex, the banana is one of a number of fruit sculptures that Neil's been working on. It now sits proudly on the ground floor for all to admire, and you can read a bit more about it on our blog. |
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| And finally... |
 Test your pronunciation
Cut paper cities
Lego man in space
Dog delivers receipt
A backflip a day
The history of sheep |
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Only time for one click this week? Check out the water skiing world record.
What's the all about? Just click the birdy and it will let you re-tweet any of our 'and finally' links at the touch of a button. It's all about word of mouse these days. |
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| Inside Fruit Towers this week |
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| Kath went on the hunt for a hydraulic log splitter, we dusted off our power suits, Anna thought she saw snow, Adam and Janel coordinated their jumpers, Kate V put some beautiful solid wood double doors up for sale, Charlie turned 5, the 4th floor finally exchanged secret santas, Lou gave birth to baby Leo, Lucie B remembered it was Ed G's birthday, Ed G showed us a video of his cows, Ceri headed off to San Francisco and we said goodbye to Ben T and Bryony. |
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| bob of the week |
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This week's Bob of the Week is this little chap. Known to friends as Mr Bob, Bobbie or just plain old Bob, he enjoys swimming with large sticks, canoeing on the Norfolk broads in his custom made lifejacket and taking time to appreciate the snowdrops in his owner's garden.  Saône in France with his mates. Know a good Bob? Let us know at iambob@innocentdrinks.co.uk |
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Corner of the week this week is the bottom corner of the lift shaft, where Aslam dropped his wedding ring a few days ago. Buying a house, having a baby and being part of the IT team have meant that Aslam's been quite stressed recently, and as a result he's lost a bit of weight.
So as he set off to work and got into the lift, he found himself looking on in horror as the ring shot down into the abyss. After half an hour of panicking and cursing his newly slim digits, a quick call to an engineer and a battle with an elderly lady, the ring is now back where it belongs and firmly attached to his finger with a large chunk of sellotape. |
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